Vulnerability · Published Mar 13, 2024 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2024-0830Comments Extra Fields For Post,Pages and CPT <= 5.0 - Cross-Site Request Forgery
Medium 4.3
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site request forgery in Comments Extra Fields For Post,Pages and CPT from nmedia. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 23% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The Comments Extra Fields For Post,Pages and CPT plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 5.0. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on several ajax actions. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to invoke those actions via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link. As a result, they may modify comment form fields and update plugin settings.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| nmedia | Comments Extra Fields For Post,Pages and CPT | 0 – through 5.0 |
Weakness: CWE-352 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8ea53b11-37fa-4c45-a158-5a7709b842fc?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-comment-fields/trunk/classes/admin.class.php
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3040734%40wp-comment-fields%2Ftrunk&old=3039523%40wp-comment-fields%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=